Onna no Ichidaiki
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Details
- Title: 女の一代記
- Title (romaji): Onna no Ichidaiki
- Also known as: A Woman's Biography
- Genre: Human fiction based on real facts
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Renzoku
- Episodes: 3 (in separate story format)
- Broadcast period: 2005-Nov-24 through 2005-Nov-26 (three nights)
- Theme song: Inochi no Relay, by Nakajima Miyuki
Synopsis
Real-life experiences of women in their prime over the last century.
Story 1: The First Night
The first night tells the history of Setouchi Harumi, a Japanese woman who firstly married in an arranged marriage and was not happy, therefore she commits adultery with Ryota Kinoshita. She decides to leave her home after being spanked by her husband after confessing the adultery, leaving behind her small daughter. She becomes interested in literacture and starts to go to a literacture discussion club, where she meets Kosugi Shinbo (Abe Hiroshi), a famous writer. They get involved in yet another adulterous relationship (Kosugi has a wife). Kosugi teaches her how to be a writer, and she succeeds on publishing her first novel.
Story 2
Story 3
Cast
- Miyazawa Rie (Story 1) as Setochi Jakucho
- Amami Yuki (Story 2) as Koshiji Fubuki
- Yonekura Ryoko (Story 3) as Sugimura Haruko
- Tanihara Shosuke (Story 2)
- Matsushita Yuki (Story 2)
- Nukumizu Youichi (Story 2)
- Tsurumi Shingo (Story 2)
- Yamaguchi Tatsuya (Story 3)
- Yanagiba Toshiro (Story 3)
- Narimiya Hiroki (Story 3)
- Sugita Kaoru (Story 3)
- Abe Hiroshi (Story 1) as Kosugi Shinbo
Special
- Title: 女の一代記『向井千秋』
- Title (romaji): Onna no Ichidaiki: Mukai Chiaki
- Tagline: ~夢を宇宙に追いかけた人~ / Yume wo Uchu ni Oikaketa Hito
- Format: Tanpatsu
- Episodes: 1
- Viewership ratings: 9.7%
- Broadcast period: 2007-Jan-12
- Air time: 21:00 - 23:07
- Theme song: "Inochi no Relay" by Nakajima Miyuki
Synopsis
This special retells the story of Mukai Chiaki, an upbeat woman with a can-do attitude. Overturning the stereotypical image of women, she ventures into the field of medicine as a surgeon, a profession dominated by men. But one day she realizes she has even bigger dreams and sets her eyes on becoming the first Japanese woman to go to outer space.
Cast
- Morisako Ei → Kanno Miho as Mukai Chiaki
- Ishiguro Ken as Mukai Makio
- Sakurai Utatsuki (櫻井詩月) → Kato Rosa as Naito Chiharu
- Morimoto Leo as Professor Kurihashi
- Nishimura Masahiko as Sugimoto
- Inoue Jun as Naitou Kikuo
- Yoshiyuki Kazuko as Naitou Mitsu
- Hayakawa Yasutaka (早川恭崇)
- Maruyama Ayumu (丸山歩夢)
- Tsuji Yoshihito (辻義人) as Mori Mamoru
- Haneda Youichi (羽根田陽一) as Doi Takao
Production Credits
- Original writing: Kimi ni Tsuite Ikou, Mukai Makio (Kodansha, 1998); Zoku: Kimi ni Tsuite Ikou -- Nyobo ga Uchu wo Tonda, Mukai Makio (Kodansha, 2002)
- Screenwriter: Orito Nobuhiro (折戸伸弘)
- Executive producers: Oota Tooru, Ishihara Takashi
- Producer: Makino Tadashi, Azuma Yasuyuki (東康之)
- Director: Suzuki Masayuki
- Music: Ooshima Michiru